Multi-domain Psychoeducation Self-management Program for Adults With MDD in Singapore
Major Depressive DisorderThis is a single-centre, two-arm, unblinded pilot randomised controlled trial study on 60 participants (30 in each arm) from the community mental health service (CMHS) centre within a social service agency in Singapore based on inclusion criteria. The study will examine the effects of a 5-sessions of Multi-domain Psychoeducation Self-management Programme and treatment-as-usual) over 5 weeks or control (treatment-as-usual) group.
Equity Using Interventions for Pain and Depression - Pilot Study
Chronic PainDepression1 moreThis project is part of the NIH Helping to End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) initiative (https://heal.nih.gov/). This pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) is part of phase 1 of a two-phase, 5-year project with the overarching goal of testing a decision aid (DA)/coaching intervention, tailored to Black patients with comorbid chronic pain and depression, to encourage use of and adherence to nonpharmacological pain treatments (NPTs). This 2-arm pilot trial will aim to enroll up to 40 Black patients with comorbid chronic musculoskeletal pain and depression in primary care from an urban safety-net health system with the end goal of at least 30 patients completing the trial. After the baseline assessment, patients randomized to the intervention will be asked to participate in 4 coaching sessions over approximately 12 weeks. Sessions will use Motivational Interviewing principles to foster openness to NPTs and self-efficacy by helping patients identify their goals and priorities, understand their NPT options, prepare them to discuss and choose options with their primary care providers (PCPs), and reinforce these choices to foster maintenance of these changes. DA contents will be integrated into these sessions, which will facilitate discussion of these options with their PCP. The first 3 sessions take place prior to the patient's next scheduled PCP visit; the final session occurs after this visit. Assessments will be conducted at baseline, 3 months (i.e., after completing the final coaching session), and 6 months. Patients randomized to the wait-list control group will receive usual care (in addition to study assessments at baseline, 3 months, and 6 months). After completing the final assessment, they will then be given the DA along with a 20-minute coaching session to walk them through it (patients may decline the coaching session or schedule for a future time).
Baby2Home (B2H) Mobile Health Application
COVID-19 PandemicHealth Knowledge5 moreThe COVID-19 pandemic has transformed healthcare delivery; arguably, the fields of obstetrics and pediatrics have experienced some of the greatest changes as they have transitioned away from their role as a medical home and into more of an urgent care model of care. Baby2Home is a digital health intervention designed to bridge the resultant gaps in obstetrics and pediatrics healthcare services for new families over the first year of life. This randomized controlled trial will evaluate whether, compared to usual care, Baby2Home 1) improves maternal, paternal, and infant health service utilization outcomes over the first year postpartum, 2) improves maternal and paternal patient reported outcomes, and 3) reduces racial/ethnic and income-based disparities in preventive health services utilization and parental patient reported outcomes.
Enhanced Measurement-Based Care Effectiveness for Depression (EMBED) Study
Major Depressive DisorderMeasurement-based care (MBC) is an evidence-based practice that incorporates routine outcome assessment using validated rating scales to guide collaborative clinical decision-making. Although MBC results in improved outcomes for patients with major depressive disorder (MDD), there are barriers to its broad implementation in clinical settings. The use of "enhanced" MBC (eMBC), with mobile apps that allow patients to track outcomes and engage in self-management via WeChat, may address some of these barriers. The investigators hypothesize that implementation with eMBC using WeChat will be superior to standard MBC implementation using paper-pencil assessments at the clinic, for both implementation and clinical outcomes.
Healthy Mind, Healthy Living
Mindfulness Based Cognitive TherapyDepression2 moreDepression among older Korean Americans are rising. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) is an evidence-based intervention (EBI), effective for preventing depression relapse and reducing depressive symptoms. To enhance feasibility, acceptability, and reach, a brief version of MBCT has been developed and delivered by telephone (brief MBCT-T), but has only been tested in primarily White samples. This study will test test the effect of brief MBCT-T among older Korean Americans.
Evaluation of MoodRing on Improving the Quality of Depression Management in Adolescents
Depression in AdolescenceThe MoodRing intervention is a mobile application for adolescents, parents, and an accompanying web-based clinician portal which enables adolescents to monitor their mood through the use of passively collected smartphone data. This randomized controlled trial will evaluate whether MoodRing as compared to usual care improves the quality of depression management.
Peripheral Neuroimmune Mechanisms of Hyperthermia
HyperthermiaMajor Depressive Disorder1 moreThe goal of this study is to examine how whole-body hyperthermia affects the thermoinflammatory profile, which includes the combined immune and heat shock response, in patients with depression and whether these changes correlate with decreased depression in individuals with Major Depressive Disorder.
Intensive TMS for Bipolar Depression
Bipolar DepressionTreatment Resistant DepressionThe research study is being conducted to test whether using high dose spaced theta-burst rTMS (a form of transcranial magnetic stimulation) produces a significant reduction in depressive symptoms compared with sham. This project will recruit patients aged 18-70 with symptoms of bipolar depression who have failed (or not shown signs of improvement) after at least two prior treatments.
Confirm the Effectiveness of Predictix Genetics Antidepressant -Guided Treatment in Adults With...
Major Depressive DisorderA randomized, controlled, prospective, multicenter, patient and rater blinded study with 2 arms: Treatment as Usual (TAU) and Predictix Guided Treatment (PGT). The study will compare the rate of treatment response and remission among both groups; TAU vs PGT.
Treating Depression on a Day-to-day Basis: Development of a Tool for Physicians Based on a Smartphone...
DepressionPsychiatric Disorder3 moreTesting and validating an e-health (smartphone application) approach to better understand the determinants of day-to-day symptomatology in depression, medication adherence, and treatment efficacy in the goal of maximizing patient care.